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2011 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Brian Coleman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. v. Lorenzo Johnson

566 U.S. 650 · 132 S. Ct. 2060 · 2012 U.S. LEXIS 3943

The record

Term
2011
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
11-1053
U.S. Reports
566 U.S. 650
S. Ct. citation
132 S. Ct. 2060
LEXIS citation
2012 U.S. LEXIS 3943

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Brian Coleman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. v. Lorenzo Johnson.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Elena KaganMajority

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